Posted in Nonsense, tagged Beijing, China, 北京, 中国 on January 31, 2008 | 12 Comments »
我本月一日已经离开了北京，我正在黑暗冷清的瑞典生活。在北京那一年半的时间只能说是我生活中最精彩的，大胆地过日子，过得快乐。去北京之前我跟自己说绝不要谈恋爱，到时候怎么忍受分离？不过，思想的力量不如爱情，结果我在北京语言大学爱上了我的越南同学。遇见爱是唯一最重要的事，但我对北京的好感不只源于爱情的记忆。反而，我认为北京固有一种魅力，一个使我念念不忘的气氛。一般说起北京的优点都会提长城、故宫、京剧、烤鸭等传统的象征。长城是很长，颐和园是很伟大，可是给我印象更深的却是最小的事。在路边买烤栗子、在教室里分析“而”的语法、在五道口吃石锅拌饭、劳动节和女朋友在后海无计划地逛逛、在电影院看姜文的作品、在KTV厅唱周杰伦——这是我的北京。
瑞典著名作家佩尔·安德斯·福格尔斯特龙(Per Anders Fogelström)的小说《我的梦想的城市》描写了一个普通工人在十九世纪的斯德哥尔摩的生活。除了家庭故事以外，小说还充满了他对斯德哥尔摩的热爱和希望。描述的是一个发展中的城市，一个“活着”的城市。北京现在同样不停地变，也带着希望往前冲。更多新高楼和汽车不见得是百分好的事情，但反正无人能否认北京有“心跳”。我在北京的时候还渐渐发觉了不仅仅是北京在变，而且北京改变了我。也许任何在国外生活的人都会受新的语言和文化的影响，但我确实低估了它的力量。我并不是说我变成了中国人（我不会也不愿），而是说通过中国的文化发现瑞典的思想未必都完美，自己的一些成见也显然不正确。反过来中国也有它的缺点，可是我相信中国人民能管好自己，不用我说。
失去了后才懂得珍惜是人之常情，现在我连北京的出租车司机也想！或许太多空气污染影响我的脑子……无论如何我知道我早晚会再去北京，再去我的梦想的城市。
喔对了，我不是直接回瑞典来的，先去越南看了我的宝贝。一切都好，你们不用担心！
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First something about Thursday’s gig at Mao. Snapline opened the show with electro-pop-rock and English vocals delivered in a “slowly going crazy” but yet charismatic manner. Next in line was what I came to see – Carsick Cars. As they entered I noticed that two of the members are actually shared with Snapline. The music, [...]
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Carsick Cars is a fairly new Beijing rock band which I discovered via MusicBrainz only yesterday. After listening to the repetetive lyrics and riffy guitar of 中南海 (Zhōngnánhǎi) I think I’m hooked! The title refers to the name of a popular brand of cigarettes, but Zhongnanhai is also the name of the area to the [...]
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Posted in Nonsense, tagged Beijing, Kina, Webcomic on May 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Efter begäran av ingen mindre än min mor översätter jag mitt kinesiska mästerverk till svenska. På tunnelbanan är de stora gubbarna formade som tecknet “stor” (大) medan den lilla har formen av tecknet “liten” (小). Det hela är förstås en omvänd parodi av mitt dagliga liv här i Beijing.
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Posted in Nonsense, tagged Beijing, China, 火锅, 面筋, Food, 北京, 中国 on May 12, 2007 | 10 Comments »
今天又去了民宝火锅城，想起来第一次去多么麻烦。菜单上的汉字大部不认识，服务员说的话也不太明白。“点菜吗”，她问了。“我想吃一种东西，可是我不知道它叫什么”，我回答。“这个东西呢，是黄色、圆的……球……好像是用面做的”。服务员没明白，于是我又说了几遍，哈哈大笑地做手势。她终于问“求切半，对吗？”我没听清，可是已经说了半天，所以只点了点头。随后她把菜端过来，其中居然有我想要的面筋。成功了！
第二次去，点菜没有那么难。菜单上找到了面筋，就指了指给服务员看。“面基、面近、面什么？”我问她了。“面筋。”成功了！
我今天对菜单很熟悉，自信十足地说“麻酱、炸豆皮、土豆片、白菜、鸡毛菜、粉丝、腐竹、面筋。”成功了！
上面有错误的话，请帮我指出来。
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Today we visited the China National Film Museum out in the north-east suburbs of Beijing. It’s a huge complex with a three-story exhibition, an IMAX theater, a digital theater and the usual 35 mm theater. The exhibition focuses on the history of Chinese cinema from its beginning more than 100 years ago till the present. [...]
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In Sweden I usually demonstrate on labor day, but that’s obviously not an option in China. Instead we went to Houhai, a lake area north of the Forbidden City. I accidentally stumbled upon this big thing:
It’s the Bell Tower and is actually a tourist attraction, but I didn’t feel very attracted to it. There are [...]
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Posted in Nonsense, tagged Beijing, BLCU, China, Korea, School on March 18, 2007 | No Comments »
After 2 weeks in school I’ve changed classes twice and in the end only take 5 classes with a total of 18 hours per week. The main Chinese class has the greatest teacher ever, teacher Zhang (张老师). She’s a middle aged woman who dresses formally, wears a big smile and doesn’t waste a minute of [...]
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The Spring Festival is over and by now I’m almost certain that it’s some kind of mass psychosis. During all the 15 days of celebration there have been fireworks and yesterday the car alarms rang one last time to welcome the new year. I’ve heard that one person was killed and many others injured by [...]
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